Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

Life is one long process of getting tired.